Report

Harm being done to Australian children through access to pornography on the Internet

23 November 2016

© Commonwealth of Australia 2016
ISBN 978-1-76010-493-1

View the report as a single document - (PDF 408KB)

View the report as separate downloadable parts:

Committee membership (PDF 21KB)
List of recommendations (PDF 31KB)
Abbreviations (PDF 7KB)
Chapter 1 - Introduction (PDF 27KB)

Conduct of the inquiry
Acknowledgement
Structure of the report
Chapter 2 - Background and summary of the available evidence (PDF 147KB)

Definitions and key concepts
Statistics on exposure
Key impacts and harms identified
Conclusion
Chapter 3 - Potential policy responses (PDF 135KB)

Does the available evidence warrant government action?
Calls for further research
Education proposals
Internet filtering
Other matters
Chapter 4 - Next steps (PDF 35KB)
Labor Senators' additional comments (PDF 15KB)
Appendix 1 - Submissions and additional information (PDF 36KB)

Committee Secretariat contact:

Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Environment and Communications
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Phone: +61 2 6277 3526
ec.sen@aph.gov.au

About this inquiry

The harm being done to Australian children through access to pornography on the Internet including trends in children's consumption of pornography, the impact of this on the development of health and respectful relationships, harm minimisation methods used in other jurisdictions and possible measures to be implemented in Australia